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APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 1s, 1906.

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' No. 329,076. PATBNTBD AUG. 21, 1906.

J. W. LATIMER.

HAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED M113, 190e.

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JOHN W. LATIMER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAY-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 21, 1906.

Application led January 13,1906. Serial No. 295.861.

Tor all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. LATIMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain' new and useful Improvements in Hay-Racks, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to wagon-racks, and is particularly designed foruse in connection with hay-loaders which are arranged to be attached tothe rear of the wagon and operate to deliver the hay upon the rear endof the rack.

It consists in a longitudinally extensible and contractile rack havingmeans for attaching the draft attachment of a hayloader to the rear endthereof and releaseable locking devices adapted to secure the separatemembers of the rack in one position of adjustment and when releasedallow the rack to assume a different position of adjustment, the objectof the invention being to provide a mechanism that may be adjusted in amanner to permit the hay-loader to deposit the hay upon the frontportion of the rack and at the will of the operator be extended rearwardin position to receive the hay upon its rear portion.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of awagon-rack embodying my invention, the bottom boards being shown bydotted lines. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of Fig. 1,representing the rack in contracted position. Fig. 3 is a rear end viewof Fig. 2, showing the full width of the rack. Fig. 4 is a sectional endelevation of the front portion of the complete rack when viewed in thedirection of the arrows on line A B of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detachedsectional detail of a part of the locking means along line C D of Fig.2. Fig. 6 is a detail of the locking mechanism similar to that shown inFig. 5. Fig. 7 is a sectional detail of the connecting mechanism of theframe members on line E F of Fig. 2. Fig. 8 is a similar detail on lineG II of Fig. 2, and Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the rack in extendedposition and having a hay-loader attached thereto.

Like numerals represent the same parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the fixed side sills of the rack,mounted upon the wagon-holsters in the usual manner, and 2 representscross-bars secured to the upper edges, and 3 similar bars secured to thelower edges thereof.

4 indicates the bottom boards of the rack secured to the cross-bars 2 5,a vertically-arranged rack secured to the front cross-bars and having acentral post 6 secured thereto and forming the usual means of attachmentfor the driving-reins of the draft-team.

At the inner side of each fixed sill 1 are supplemental sills 7, havingcross-bars 8 secured to their rear ends, upon which are secured bottomboards 9 and a vertical transverse rack 10. The supplemental sills areconnected at their front ends by means of cross-bars 11 and 12, securedto the top and bottom edges thereof, respectively, anddiagonally-arranged braces 13 are connected with the sills in a mannerto hold them in proper alinement with the fixed sills.

Secured to the front ends of the supplemental sills are straps 14,arranged transversely thereof and provided at their opposite ends withoutwardly-projecting U- shaped loop portions 15, having rollers 16rotatably mounted therein and adapted to engage with thc top and bottomedges of the fixed sills 1, as shown-in Fig. 7, and secured to the rearportions of the fixed sills are similar straps 17, having rollers 18mounted at their lower ends and adapted to engage with the lower edgesof the supplemental sills in a manner to support them, as shown in Fig.8.

Hinge-jointed to the rear ends of the bottom boards 4 by means of commonstraphinges 19 are boards 20, that are connectedv together by means ofthe transverse bars 21 and 22, and secured to the outside boards areL-shaped brackets 23, which are pivotally connected, by means of thelinks 24, with similar brackets 25, secured to the lower side of therear cross-bar, mounted on thesupplemental sills 7, the mechanism beingarranged in a manner to cause the links to control the movement of theboards 20 from a horizontal to a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 2.Secured to the fixed sills 1 near their front ends is atransversely-arranged bar 26, and secured to the bar near opposite endsthereof are U-shaped brackets 27, having their side members projectingrearward and provided with openings adapted to receive the outer ends ofsliding lock-bars 28, that overlap each other at their inner ends andare provided with longitudinally arranged slots adapted to receive asliding cam 29, having IOS IIO

inclined sides engaging with the end walls of the slotted portion of thelock-bars in a manner to cause said lock-bars .to slide inward when thesliding cam is moved in one direction, and 80 represents coiled springssurrounding the lock-bars between the side members of the-U-shapedbrackets and operative to move said bars outward when released from thecontrolling-cam. The cam is slidably mounted upon the cross-bar 26 andis provided with a forwardly-projecting stem portion to which is securedone end of a flexible connectionl, that passes forward under a sheave 32and then upward and secured to a hand-lever 33, pivotally mounted uponthe post 6.

Secured to the forward ends of the supple mental sills 7 are plates 34,having outwardly-curved ends adapted to engage with the outer ends ofthe loclcbars in a manner to cause them to move in'ward when moved inone direction, and 35 represents laterally-arranged openings in theplates adapted to receive the ends of the locl-bars in a manner to lockthe supplemental sills in their forwt rd position, as shown in Fig. 5.

The rear end of the sliding portion of the rack is provided with asuitable bracket 36, adapted to engage with a draft attachment 37,secured to the draft-pole 38, forming part of a hayeloader attachmentdesigned to deliver the hay upon the rack.

In operation the sliding portion of the rack is locked in the positionshown in Fig. 2, and. the hay-loader will operate to deliver the hayupon the forward portion of the rack, and when it becomes filled'theoperator manipulates the hand-lever 33 in a manner to release thelock-bars from engagement with the platessecured to the supplementalsills, and then by the draft of the hay-loader the sliding portion ofthe rack will move rearward relative to the fixed portion, as shown inFig. 9, and allow the hay-loader to deposit the hay upon the extendedportion of the rack.

What I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A longitudinally extensible and contractile hay-rack, means forattaching a hayloader thereto, said means coperating with the draft ofthe hay-loader in a manner to extend the rack.

2. Ahay-rack comprising, in combination, a relatively fixed and alongitudinally-movable section, and means for attaching a hayloader tothe movable section.

3. A hay-rack comprising, in combination, a relatively fixed and alongitudinally-movable section, releasable means for locking saidmovable section against movement, and means for attaching a hay-loaderto said movable section.v

4. A hay-rack comprising, in combination, a relatively fixed and alongitudinally-movable section, releasable means mounted upon the fixedsection and operative to lock said movable section against movement, andmeans for attaching a hayeloader to said movable section.

5. A hay-rack comprising, in combination, a relatively fixed and alongitudinally-movable section, means mounted upon said fixed sectionand operative to lock said movable section against movement, said meanscom-- prising sliding lockingbars having their outer ends adapted toengage with said movable section in a manner to lock it againstmovement, and means engaging `with their inner ends and operative todisengage them therefrom.

6. A hay-rack comprising, in combination, two sections, one of which isadapted to slide longitudinallyT relatively to the other, slidinglock-bars mounted upon the fixed section and having their outer endsadapted to engage with and lock the movable section against movement, amovable cam engaging with the opposite ends of said vlock-bars in amanner to cause them to be disengaged from the movable section, andmeans for operating said cam.

7. A hay-rack comprising, in combination, two sections, one of which isadapted to slide longitudinally relatively to the other,transverselyesliding lock-bars mounted upon the fixed section and havingtheir outer ends adapted to engage with and lock the movable sectionagainst movement, springs operative to move said lock-bars in adirection to engage with said movable section., a movable cam engagingwith the inner ends of said lock-bars in a manner to move them in anopposite direction., and means for operatingsaid cam.

S. A hay-rack comprising, in combination, two sections, one of which isadapted to slide longitudinally relatively to the other, trans- IOOversely-sliding lock-bars mounted upon the -fixed section and havingtheir outer ends adapted to engage with and lock the movable sectionagainst movement, springs operative to move said loclcbars in adirection to engage with said movable section, a movable cam havingoppositely-inclined surfaces engaging with the inner ends of saidlock-bars in a manner to move them in an opposite di-A rection, andmeans for operating said cam.

9. A hay-rack comprising, in combination, two sections, one of which isadapted to slide longitudinally relatively to the other,transversely-sliding lock-bars mounted upon the fixed section and havingtheir outer ends adapted to engage with and lock the movable sectionagainst movement, springs operative to move said lock-bars in adirection to engage with said movable section, a sliding cam havingoppositely-inclined surfaces engaging with the inner ends of saidloclcbars in a manner to move them in an opposite direc ISO tion, andmeans for operating said cam, said means comprising a fiexibleconnection between said cam anda hand-lever pivotally mounted upon thefixed section ofthe rack.

10. A hay-rack comprising, in combination, a relatively fixed sectionhaving longitudinally-arranged side sills and top and bottom cross-barssecured thereto, a movable section having side sills arranged in thesame horizontal plane and adapted to slide along the inner surfaces ofthe fixed sills, their forward ends being provided with brackets havingrollers mounted thereon and adapted to move upon the top and bottomedges of the fixed sills, rollers mounted upon the fixed sills neartheir rear ends and operative to support the rear ends of the movablesills.

11. A hay-rack comprising, in combination, a fixed and a movable sectiontelescopically connected, a fixed bottom forming part of the fixedsection at its forward end, a movable bottom portion having its forwardend pivotally connected with the rear end of the fixed bottom, and meansconnecting said movable portion of the bottom with said movable sectionof the rack whereby it is caused to turn about its pivotal connectionwhen the movable section .of the rack is moved longitudinally.

12. A hay-rack comprising, in combination,

a fixed and a movable section telescopically connected, a fixed bottomforming part of the fixed section at its forward end, a movable bottomportion having its forward end pivotally connected with the rear end ofthe fixed bottom, and links having one end pivotally connected with saidmovable bottom and their opposite ends with the movable section of therack whereby the movable section of the bottom is moved about itspivotal connection when said rack-section is moved.

13. A hay-rack comprising, in combination,

a fixed .and a movable section telescopically connected, a fixed bottomforming part of said fixed section at its forward end, a movable bottomportion having its forward end pivotally connected with' the rear end ofthe fixed bottom in a manner to swing from a horizontal to a vertical.position7 and links having one end pivotally connected with saidswinging bottom and their opposite ends with the movable section of therack in a plane below and in rear of their pivotal connection with theswinging bottom.

In witness whereof I hereto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses,

JOHN W. LATIMER. Witnesses:

TINE N. DAGGETT,

F. W. HoFFMEis'rER.

